Definitely not amused. Not even a little. Watch Obama right after the appreciative groans from the press. He does a little head shake and his mouth tightens. Is he stifling a smile? Or his disapproval?

If the choice was Sec.of State or VP for Hillary at their pre-conventin meeting, It makes me feel better that this over the hill narcicisst is doing nothing important and is not talking to Foreign leaders for us.

It's pretty clear from this and how he behaved with Biden that the President is none-too-pleased about this mess up.

He's extremely good at watching how others watch him. Now, when the intensity is a little higher it'll be revealing, I think, to see how he responds to a different environment. Coolness turns into aloofness?

It's pretty clear from this and how he behaved with Biden that the President is none-too-pleased about this mess up.

No, he's not, you're right. Although what you can see in this click is two things.

1- Clearly Joe Biden is making an inside joke, after the President and he probably spoke about this in private. Joe, being Joe, likes to drop little hints about how important or smart he is (remember the Syracuse IQ thing?), and it's emphasising to Obama that this character can't be trusted to keep his counsel to himself.

He looks pissed at Joe Biden.

2- But he is also very pissed that the Oath, the one which will be in the history books and in the newsreels, was totally botched.

Remember the whole 'Mission Accomplished' mess? Bush never again tried to craft a visual like that again.

In Obama's administration, get ready to expect one pompous visual after another -- but unfortunately, as Simon mentioned as it happened, the very first one, perhaps the most important one, didn't go according to plan.

Which oath was the real oath? Was Biden the true President for a day? If not, why did Biden recite the oath? Did Biden beat Obama to it? Did that make Biden Pres. until he resigns? This could cause us to re-count oaths. I blame this mess on the Canadian Blackberry that was put into Obama's hands. Canada is next to Russia where Putin's soul plays its games. Was Biden ever in Manchuria?

Does Biden’s comment come from an attempt at humor, or does it come from a desire to point out that Roberts made the error? Things like him getting hair plugs and interjecting his IQ to that interviewer in 88 make me think the later. I view this as complete weakness.

Obama’s reaction, however, shows incredible strength. It looks like he shows no worry about how others may view his intelligence. He doesn’t look like he wants to dwell on something clearly beneath him.

FDR repeated the oath by himself, without prompting. Roberts seemingly had a small stroke and BHO didn't even repeat what Roberts said the second time.

Toobin (ha) said that the 20th Amendment pre-empted the oath. Really?

Someone else may already have posted this, but I had to send it to appropriate friends:

The Significance of the Flubbed Oath: To my mind, the flubbed oath at today's inaugural teaches one important lesson: The answer to the question, "How many former editors of the Harvard Law Review does it take to administer the Presidential oath properly?" is "More than two."

"Out of an abundance of caution" perhaps Obama should search for a way to get born again in order to convince everyone that he has a bona fide US birth certificate. Just sayin'....you can't be too cautious.

Funny you should say that, Helen, as Ruth Anne mentioned all the way back in November that Michelle's red/black dress made her look as if she were hiding "a bump". The first time you are pregnant, you look like the Titanic. With each successive pregnancy, it's less and less noticeable, even far along (one of the reasons Palin got away with it, as did my grandmothers).

But Michelle? I don't know.

I think the nation would love it though. Unlike Cherie Blair and Leo, people would actually give a damn about a little Barack Obama III.

Wasn't Teddy Roosevelt on a hunting trip when a boy scout or something came rushing up to inform him President McKinley had succumbed to his wounds? Who administered the Oath up there? He certainly didn't retake it.

Ann, what do you think of The Rolling Stones? I love "Ruby Tuesday" and "She Smiled Sweetly" but I've never really been able to get with the Stones and I can't articulate why very well. Same thing with Led Zeppelin and especially Pink Floyd. Everybody seems to love Pink Floyd and to me it's always been way too sentimental/political. It's like something was supposed to happen to me when I turned 14 or 13 that never happened.

BTW, the picture showing the second swearing in doesn't show a bible. This will no doubt cause some issue for some. Doesn't speak well to Obama's staff or the SCOTUS CJ managing this. They needed one prop and manage to talk thru one set of lines and so far neither have not been successful after two attempts. Has anyone heard of having a couple of rehearsals first?

"Thank God the past eight years we didn't have a "retard" to hear speak at the podium."

Boy no kidding. Thank God. Dodged two bullets there. One back at his huge mansion trying to get rich(er) from stupid people and global warming and the other back in the Senate where his damage can be mitigated.

You are all getting a firsthand look at the complete jerk Biden is (not to mention thief, ask the contractors in DE who have been burned by a not-so-funny and threatening Mr. Biden, when he was dunned for owed money) by seeing what an immature smirky washed up fool he is. I am no fan of Obama, but clearly, he was annoyed with his choice of VP in this video. It was staged and rehearsed and ole Joe probably practiced that line all day before the little performance. Loved the comment about how much practice he has repeating others' words. Classic, and true.